Yahoo Lifestyle Mikey Madison On Killing OG ‘Scream’ Character: “I’m So Sorry, I Didn’t Write The Script”
Mikey Madison was not even born when Scream was released in 1996 and says she naively joined the franchise with 2022’s Scream V.
Madison became Ghostface in the fifth installment of the slasher film and ultimately killed one of its OG characters, retired sheriff Dewey Riley, played by David Arquette.
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“I have to be honest, when I did the film, it sounds naive, but I wasn’t so aware of the huge fan base that the franchise has, that I’ve now been able to discover,” Madison told Collider. “Scream and horror fans and people who love horror films are the best people ever, but I really naively went into it.”
After the movie was released, Madison saw the reaction Dewey’s death had on Scream fans and is now apologizing for her character’s actions in the film.
“And so I remember being kind of sad because I was like, ‘Oh, such a great character. It’ll be sad to see him go.’ And then I realized afterward the heartbreak that so many people felt,” she said. “People have come up to me, and they’re like, ‘I hate that this happened. I’m mad at you.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m so sorry, I didn’t write the script!’ I didn’t want to do it.”
Madison also recalled the audition process, saying she had sent in her tape and had not heard back for about eight months.
“Then they came back, and they were like, ‘Hey, would you want to be in this film? The character would be the Scream Ghostface character,'” she recalled. “I was like, ‘Yeah, that sounds really fun. I would absolutely like to do that, and I specifically would love to play this Ghostface character,’ because it’s such an interesting, fun reveal , and it’s such a crazy, unpredictable arc for a character, as well.”
Madison noted that what she likes about the Scream franchise is that the characters “are so self-aware in a way where all the actors know exactly what kind of movie they’re in, and you’re able to have fun with it.”
The next installment of the Scream franchise, Scream VII, is set to be released on Feb. 27, 2026, with Neve Campbell returning and Kevin Williamson directing.
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